Summer is upon us finally. No rain, sparse grass, dust. Oh well.
We English speaking older are losing our ability to communicate. It is not that we cannot express ourselves well enough, but rather the receivers have different world view, difference understanding of the world around us, different starting assumptions, different frame of reference. It has always been difficult for me, after growing up wild without logical direction.
In Greek and Roman times, it was common that parents, fathers mainly, educated their sons, and occasionally daughters; however, daughters were mainly taught to nest. I grew up in a time and place that my education quickly exceeded my parents, and in sciences before even reaching the teen stage. Of course, I was born before DNA had been discovered, and advancement of science, especially electrical/electronic has been so fast. For the first 18 years of my life, I grew up with no electricity, wood winter heat, outdoor toilets, and all those bugs in summer. Evolution is real and lives in society, cultures, science, as well as biology. The process of using what we know to advance step by step is alive and well, along with specialization, and providing just what is/was needed.
Now evolution is a process of change, based on interrogative change, variations, and selection. The English language expands, and new words/vacations with specific meaning develop. Some words change meaning. They no longer mean what they did; they have multiple meanings; both in connotation and denotations. Iff we know the same language can we communicate, if we are starting at the same place in our world understanding. Evolution is alive and well, involving memes.
